The DaVinci Code

[St0rMl0rD]

I finished reading this book a few days ago and my opinion on religion and Church changed. Do you guys think it's true or is it just an attempt to make Jesus Christ more "human-like" so it would be easier for people to accept and and understand him and his life?

Peace out,
JJ

[Thefunkygibbons]

It is fiction and as a historical document it is full of holes

But as a book, it passed a few hours, although once you have read 2 of his, then you don't need to read any more

[Tal Rudess]

I don't read these cheap paperbacks, waste of time.

St0rMl0rD, I warmly recommend you to read Clash of Civlizations by Samuel Hentington.

[kneeoh]

Alot of the "facts" Dan Brown used have actually been proven to be false or very, very loosely based on fact. For instance, the Priori Scion was an elaborate hoax. As a group, they did exist in France, but as a 4 person political party in the village of Scion. The book is definitely interesting but I see no need to change my faith because of it.

[Semmi78]

I don't read these cheap paperbacks, waste of time.



Yeah right... You can judge a book by its cover...

Off course this whole story is fiction, nonetheless I absolutely think Dan Brown used a lot of references and theories. Sometimes he was a bit too easy throwing some 'truths' on table, but then again, this book hasn't got historical value in the sense that this book IS mend for historians. This book is written for the MASS, it is a pageturner.
Then again, most of his theories are as old as the road to Rome. He picked them up, connected them, made his own conception and wrote a damn-good book about it.

Must say I liked the Bernini Mystery much more, especially his references in Rome were very detailed. And yes, the story build up is exactly the same as the DaVinciCode.

Semmi

[Tal Rudess]

I'm not judging by the cover, but by what I heard from lots of people who read it.

[Luca_Capozzi]

i've casually read the book which inspired Brown to write The Da Vinci Code. It was wrote by a BBC documentarist in the 80's that, beginning from Rennes Le Chateaux mistery, starts to discover interesting connection between Templars, Priori of Sion and so on. It also focus on the meaning of Graal as a symbolic figure instead of a material object. The thesys showed on last charapters is very interesting but, as author discalims, is only a thesys based on his historical research. I don't think that a faith can be harmed even if we will discover that Jesus was married and he had sons.

Luca

[Semmi78]

Then you still judge on its cover. In my environment many people have mixed feelings about this book. Mainly because of their strong scientific background. The theories are not enough in-depth for their taste. The real coherence between Browns theories are paper-thin and stuff like that. On many universities this book is really dismissed and I find that remarkable since it still is an enjoyable book with no intention whatever. So why the fuzz? Furthermore many people with strong scientific background have not even read the book and are thus influenced by this dismissing.
On the other hand I can partly understand these critics, because there are also a lot of readers who take these theories seriously just by one book and believe them.

The point is: Davincicode is to my opinion NOT a learning book, but mainly trying to be enjoyable. And I think it succeeds in doing that.

[Analogkid]

Its interesting reading but basically fiction, based more on myths and hear say than any hard facts.

[Alkemist]

Well, I'm going to go ahead and say what I was about to say, even it is off topic (I haven't really read The DaVinci Code yet :)).

I recently read a very intriguing novel by Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon, and recommend anybody interested in an interesting read to find a copy.

[augerinn]

Well, I'm going to go ahead and say what I was about to say, even it is off topic (I haven't really read The DaVinci Code yet :)).

I recently read a very intriguing novel by Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon, and recommend anybody interested in an interesting read to find a copy.


Boy, that's an old one. 60s ? 70s ? Made a good movie too....